RHSA-2021:4838 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the mailman:2.1 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Mailman is a program used to help manage e-mail discussion lists.

Security Fix(es):

• mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and account takeover (CVE-2021-42097)
• mailman: CSRF token derived from admin password allows offline brute-force attack (CVE-2021-42096)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2020568 - CVE-2021-42097 mailman: CSRF token bypass allows to perform CSRF attacks and account takeover
• BZ - 2020575 - CVE-2021-42096 mailman: CSRF token derived from admin password allows offline brute-force attack

CVEs

• CVE-2021-42096
• CVE-2021-42097

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important